From: Barriers to alcohol and other drug treatment use among Black African and Coloured South Africans
Variables | Coloured | Black/African | ||||
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 | No use controls (N = 276) Mean (SD) | Treatment use (N = 213) Mean (SD) | Effect size (ORa: 95% CIb/ r pb c | No use controls (N = 279) Mean (SD) | Treatment use (N = 221) Mean (SD) | Effect size (OR: 95% CI/ r pb |
Predisposing variables | ||||||
Age | 26.22 (5.95) | 24.98 (5.54) | −0.11* | 24.63 (5.92) | 24.93 (3.99) | 0.03 |
Education (years) | 10.96 (1.51) | 11.54 (1.47) | 0.19** | 11.95 (1.37) | 11.55 (1.66) | −0.13** |
NES | 43.77 (3.49) | 41.37 (5.86) | −0.25** | 40.96 (2.71) | 41.47 (4.17) | 0.07 |
Need for treatment variables | ||||||
Think need treatment (n,%) | 128 (46.4%) | 133 (62.4%) | 1.92: 1.34-2.77 | 192 (68.8%) | 210 (95.0%) | 8.65: 4.48-16.69 |
Others think need treatment (n,%) | 195 (70.7%) | 190 (89.2%) | 3.43:2.07-5.68 | 199 (71.3%) | 202 (91.4%) | 4.27:2.50-7.31 |
SOCRATES- Problem recognition | 21.61 (8.07)) | 26.37 (6.94) | 0.30*** | 22.89 (6.07) | 27.86 (3.67) | 0.43*** |
SOCRATES-Ambivalence | 12.66 (4.47) | 15.06 (3.50) | 0.28*** | 13.95 (3.20) | 16.04 (2.04) | 0.35*** |
SOCRATES- Taking steps | 17.57 (5.61) | 22.86 (7.61) | 0.37*** | 17.30 (3.45) | 27.20 (8.28) | 0.63*** |
Enabling variables | ||||||
Treatment concerns scale | 28.36 (9.27) | 31.61 (6.05) | 0.20*** | 24.52 (7.29) | 27.86 (8.65) | 0.21*** |
Stigma consciousness scale | 7.95 (1.51) | 8.70 (1.34) | 0.25*** | 7.30 (1.48) | 8.48 (1.88) | 0.33*** |
Awareness of AOD Treatment (# of known treatment centres) | 2.44 (0.99) | 3.83 (0.80) | 0.60*** | 1.65 (0.67) | 3.96 (0.86) | 0.84*** |
Geographic access (Time to treatment) | 3.63 (0.59) | 2.92 (0.80) | −0.45*** | 3.70 (0.50) | 2.53 (0.64) | −0.72*** |
Affordability barriers | 37.71 (6.48) | 24.98 (8.19) | −0.66*** | 39.81 (5.81) | 30.73 (9.75) | −0.50*** |